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	Pheasant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes.
		Pheasant are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, with males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails.
		The best-known is the Ringnecked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus) which is widespread throughout the world in introduced feral populations and in farm operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pheasant (212 words)

	Blood Pheasant - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Blood Pheasant lives in the mountains of Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, northern Burma and the north-west areas of China.
		The pheasants move their range depending on the seasons and during the summer are found at higher elevations.
		The Blood Pheasant is the state bird of the Indian state of Sikkim.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Blood_Pheasant (227 words)

	Blood Pheasant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		The Blood Pheasant lives in the mountains of Nepal, Tibet, northern Burma and the north-west areas of China.
		Blood The FDA is responsible for ensuring the safety of our nation's blood supply.
		Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City Providing blood and blood components that are as safe as reasonably possible to meet the transfusion needs of patients in the region.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Blood_Pheasant.html (608 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pheasant
		Female (left) and male Common Pheasant, illustrating the dramatic difference in form between the sexes Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species.
		White-crested Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos hamiltoni) is one sub-species of the Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos), western most subspecies of Lophura leucomelanos; western Himalayas in northern Pakistan and western Nepal.
		Binomial name Lophura edwardsi (Oustalet, 1896) The Edwardss Pheasant, Lophura edwardsi, is a bird from the pheasant family Phasianidae that is endemic to the rainforests of Vietnam.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pheasant (1324 words)

	Raising Golden Pheasants
		The pheasant has apparently been trapped frequently for its feathers but is only rarely sport hunted as a game bird because of its usually secretive nature and poor flying ability which is shared by some other pheasants as well..
		He told me that the stealthy pheasant females, which are known to blend in quite perfectly with their surroundings, were always gone from the nests before humans arrived to inspect or collect eggs.
		The pheasants were disseminated throughout the country and became the recognized hallmark of top quality Golden Pheasant stock and were offered for sale throughout the classified section of game bird publications for the next 20 years or more.
	www.gamebird.com /goldenpheasant.html (1755 words)

	Resources on the Blood Pheasant from academic institutions
		SURVEYS OF A RARE PHEASANT ON CHINA:...there was relatively easy access and an abundance of other interesting wildlife, including lesser pandas, takins, tufted deer, fl bears and blood pheasants.
		Pheasants should be given as much room as possible at breeding time.
		Introduction:...were required to band and bleed each pheasant: one to hold the bird and one to apply bands, take and record measurements, and obtain feather and blood samples.
	www.mongabay.org /conservation/Blood_Pheasant.htm (933 words)

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		Blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is endemic to Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and mainly distributes in the high mountains of China.
		We studied the effects of the age of chicks and ambient temperature on the duration and frequency of brooding bout, and the relationship between the daily movement and the age of chichs of broods form November 1994 to September 1995 in Wuyipeng of Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China.
		Based on our results, we concluded that the brooding frequency of Blood pheasant was influenced by both the ambient temperature and the thermoregulatory capacity of chicks, and the brooding duration was not related with the age of chicks.
	www.actazool.org /paperdetail.asp?id=923&volume=47&number=4&bgpage=376&endpage=380&year=2001&month=8 (380 words)

	Pheasant - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Various other species are popular aviary animals, such as the Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus).
		Pheasants and Peafowl - Aviculture and Conservation (http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/index.html)
		Pheasant, Pheasants by genus and species, References and External links.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Pheasant (240 words)

	Blood Pheasant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		This name comes from the fact that the have vivid red coloring on the feathers of their breast throat and forehead.
		The habitat most preferred by Blood is coniferous or mixed forests and scrub right at the snowline.
		The pheasants move range depending on the seasons and during summer are found at higher elevations.
	www.freeglossary.com /Blood_Pheasant (455 words)

	TibetNet - DIIR - Environment & Development Desk - Endangered Species of Tibet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		The male blood pheasant averages 43 centimeters in length and the females average 39 centimeters.
		The blood pheasant descends from the trees before daybreak and wanders in mixed forests of pine, fir and beech trees.
		In May the female blood pheasant often lays 6-7 long oval eggs that are pink or yellow-white with dark brown speckles.
	www.tibet.net /diir/eng/enviro/species/database/bpheasant (458 words)

	Pheasant -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Pheasants are a group of large (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) birds in the ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families) order (Pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins) Galliformes.
		The most common is the (Click link for more info and facts about Ringnecked Pheasant) Ringnecked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus) which is widespread throughout the world in the wild and in farm operations.
		Various other species are popular aviary animals, such as the (Brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia) Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Ph/Pheasant.htm (452 words)

	Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus
		The Himalayan Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus cruentus), Tibetan Blood Pheasant (I.
		Status in Wild: Being native to such remote areas, this species has not been subject to the problems other pheasant species have due to man. While not much is known of its actual status in the wild, they remain unthreatened and stable.
		Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), 43 cm for male and 39cm for female.
	www.gbwf.org /pheasants/blood_pheasant.html (784 words)

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		For 16 months blood was collected every week and the area of the cloacal protrusion measured at the time of each blood collection.
		As blood concentrations of 1 microgram/ml are considered therapeutic, a doxycycline-medicated corn diet may be efficacious in the treatment of chlamydiosis in large psittacine birds.
		Blood samples were collected every other day for 30 days and circulating levels of plasma LH were estimated by radioimmunoassay.
	netvet.wustl.edu /species/birds/qb9426.txt (8253 words)

	The Scotsman - UK - Pheasant shooting is latest target for animal rights lobby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		A report from Animal Aid claims to reveal a "shocking dossier" surrounding the mass production of pheasants for sport shooting, similar to the conditions in which battery chickens are raised.
		It claims that, in order to eliminate bird-on-bird aggression caused by crowded conditions in the breeding units, rearing sheds and release pens, gamekeepers fit the pheasants with devices to restrict their vision and prevent them pecking their cage-mates.
		Many of the pheasants are also weakened by the unnaturally cramped breeding conditions, resulting in about half of them dying before they make it before the guns, campaigners claim.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=1137792004 (725 words)

	gbwf.org, Pheasants & Peafowl - Aviculture and Conservation
		One species, the Edward's Pheasant, was once believed to be extinct in the jungles of Vietnam, but there were sustainable populations in aviaries and re-introduction programs are now in place.
		The Cheer Pheasant from Pakistan and Swinhoe's Pheasant from Taiwan are two species who have benefited from re-introductions of captive-bred birds.
		However, pheasants have also been one of the most mis-managed group of birds in captivty and the need for profit in American aviculture has lead to a number of hybrids, inbreeding issues, mutations and complete disappearances of species and subspecies.
	www.gbwf.org /pheasants (667 words)

	Bhutan Reports, KingBird Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Earlier that day we had seen 52 Blood Pheasants, in pairs or small flocks, all within 30 meters of the bus, and including several as close as 5 meters.
		Pheasants were conspicuous this year with 6 Satyr Tragopans seen-2 adult males, 1 subadult male, and 3 females-all but one on or seen from the road.
		All 6 of the spectacular Himalayan Monals (4 males) were seen on or from the road as were the 34 Blood Pheasants and 7 Kalij Pheasants we saw.
	www.kingbirdtours.com /reports/bhutanre.html (4620 words)

	Blood Pheasant -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		The Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus, is the only ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed) species in ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) genus Ithaginis ((Click link for more info and facts about Wagler) Wagler, 1832) of the (Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere) Pheasant family.
		This species' name comes from the fact that the males have vivid red coloring on the (The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds) feathers of the breast, throat and forehead.
		The habitat most preferred by Blood Pheasants is (Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones) coniferous or mixed forests and scrub areas right at the snowline.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/blood_pheasant.htm (262 words)

	Sichuan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Other pheasants were 6 male Blood Pheasants seen at length from the bus, 2 distant Chinese Monals, a male and a female on different days, some 25 White-eared Pheasants on four days, numerous open views of Common Pheasants, and several spectacular closeup glimpses of the Golden Pheasant.
		And 15 minutes later, down the road, Ben played his taped calls of the Blood Pheasant, and presently 4 of them--3 males and a female--pecked their way slowly across an allée of grass in the bushes.
		To make our cup run over, Ben played his taped calls of the Blood Pheasant 15 minutes later and presently four of them, three males and a female, pecked their way slowly across an alley of grass in the bushes.
	www.kingbirdtours.com /reports/sichuanre.html (9240 words)

	Satyr Tragopan
		PHASIANIDAE (Partridges and Pheasants): Blood Pheasant; Tragopan melanocephalus Western Tragopan; Tragopan satyra Satyr Tragopan; Tragopan blythii Blyth's Tragopan; Tragopan...
		Phasianidae 3 (CJV): Tragopan satyra, Satyr tragopan, hong 2 xiong 1 jiao 3 -zhi 4 'red-breasted horned pheasant', hi-odoshi jukei 'scarlet thread/braid jukei',...
		Pheasants of Pakistan (Western Horned Tragopan): Although this species would certainly seem to be most closely related to the satyr tragopan on geographic grounds, and perhaps also on the basis of the plumage...
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/S/Satyr_Tragopan.shtml (1689 words)

	Tibet Environmental Watch - Wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Most of the rare animal and plant species make their home in the forest of eastern and Southeast Tibet because of the variety of habitats the forests belts provide and the suitable climate.
		Rare animals found in these forest regions are giant panda, white-lipped deer, takin, musk deer, goral, birds such as Himalayan monal, snow cock, satyr tragopan, Tibetan patridge, and blood pheasant to name a few.
		This region is called "pheasant realm" with over ten pheasant species and golden monkey, sambar and fl stocks.
	www.tew.org /wildlife/wildlife.endemism.html (717 words)

	Other National Parks in Nepal
		The park is equally rich in many varieties of birds, such as Impeyan pheasant (danphe), blood pheasant, cheer pheasant, red and yellow billed cough, raven, jungle crow, snow partridge and many others.
		Other common birds are the snow cock, chukor partridge, Impeyuan pheasant, kalij pheasant, and blood pheasant.
		Pheasants and partridges are common and their viable population in the reserve permits controlled hunting.
	www.south-asia.com /showcase/Tour/pother.html (1697 words)

	pheasanttaxonomy
		Beebe, W. A Monograph of the Pheasants: Volumes I and II.
		Beebe, W. A Monograph of the Pheasants: Volumes III and IV.
		The preliminary results show that there is a need for re-classification of some species and creation of new groupings.
	www.compusmart.ab.ca /kbush/pheasanttaxonomy.htm (266 words)

	oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: RELAX NG, First Edition
		The blood pheasant lives in the coniferous forests of the Himalayas, from Nepal through Tibet into northern Burma to northwest China.
		The blood pheasant picks up food with its bill and seldom digs with its claws, although it sometimes jumps up to shrubs to feed.
		Because it lives in such remote regions, however, the blood pheasant population remains stable and unthreatened by man. Mary Anne Weeks Mayo was the production editor, and Nancy Wolfe Kotary was the copyeditor for RELAX NG.
	www.oreilly.com /catalog/relax/colophon.html (425 words)

	Encyclopedia: Blood Pheasant
		In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species.
		Genera Ithaginis Catreus Rheinartia Crossoptilon Lophura Argusianus Pucrasia Syrmaticus Chrysolophus Phasianus â€ See also partridge, quail Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes.
		Closeup on a single white feather A feather is one of the epidermal growths that forms the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on a bird.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Blood-Pheasant (549 words)

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